Man who hit woman in head 13 times with hammer in Queens sentenced to life in prison

The man convicted in the vicious hammer attack on a woman at a Queens subway station was sentenced to life behind bars.

William Blount, 60, was convicted of striking Nina Rothschild in the head with a hammer 13 times. She survived the brutal attack.

Prosecutors brought up a handful of his prior convictions spanning decades of violent felony offenses of kidnapping, robbery, and attempted robbery…

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